Graphics Object Properties

Root Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: A vector of figure handles, which are children of the root.
currentfigure: The handle of the current figure.
handle: The handle of the root, which is 0.; 0
parent: The parent handle; null for the root object.; 0
tag: A tag attached to the root object.; String
type: The type of the root object.; 'root'
units: Units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'

Figure Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
bottomlabel: Handle of the label that is placed on the bottom area of the figure.; Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.; string | cell
children: A vector of axes handles, which are the children of the figure.
currentaxes: Handle of the current axes of the figure.
handle: Handle of the figure object.; Integer.
leftlabel: Handle of the label that is placed on the left area of the figure.; Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.; string | cell
name: Name of the figure.; String
parent: Parent handle, which is always 0 (root).; 0
position: Location and size of the figure.; The location is specified by the upper-left point, and the size is specified by the width and height.; Note: This property is only valid for floating figure. If you change this property for a docked figure, there will be no effect, but after undocking the figure, the size/position will be updated accordingly.; [left top width height]
rightlabel: Handle of the label that is placed on the right area of the figure.; Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.; string | cell
toplabel: Handle of the label that is placed on the top area of the figure.; Note: Use the set command to set the contents of the label.; string | cell
tag: A tag attached to the figure object.; String
type: Type of figure object.; 'figure'
units: Units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
uicontextmenu: Handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this figure, if it exists.
visible: Visibility of the figure.; 'on' | 'off'
windowstyle: Display style of the figure window.; Note: The 'modal' option will undock the figure window and bring it to the front. Interaction with other windows of the application will be blocked until the figure is closed.; 'docked' | 'undocked' | 'modal'

Axes Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

bargap (2D bar plot only)

Gap between bars.

Integer

barlabels (2D bar chart plot only)

Show the value over each bar.

'off' | 'on'

barlabelsfontangle (2D bar chart plot only)

Font angle for the bar labels.

'regular' | 'italic'

barlabelsfontname (2D bar chart plot only)

Font name for the bar labels.

Any available font from the system.

barlabelsfontsize (2D bar chart plot only)

Font size for the bar labels.

Integer

barlabelsfontweight (2D bar chart plot only)

Font weight for the bar labels.

'normal' | 'bold'

barorientation (2D bar chart plot only)

Orientation of the bars.

'horizontal' | 'vertical'

children

A vector of handles, which are the children of the axes.

color

Background color of the axes.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

colorbar

Handle of the colorbar object.

Double

colorbarscale

Scale of the colorbar values.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

colorlevels

The colorbar values.

Note: The set command for this property accepts either an integer or a real vector. Use a real vector to set custom values to the colorbar. Use an integer to define the number of colors in the colorbar. In this case, the range and values of the colorbar are automatically calculated.

Integer or real vector.

contourtype

Type of contour.

'blended' | 'discrete' | 'none'

fontangle

Font angle of the axes.

'regular' | 'italic'

fontname

Axes font name.

Any available font from the system.

fontsize

Font size of the axes.

Integer

fontweight

Font weight of the axes.

'normal' | 'bold'

framecolor

Frame color.

1*3 matrix of RGB.

gridcolor

Grid line color.

1*3 matrix of RGB.

handle

Handle of the axes object.

Double

mouseclickcallback

Callback function triggered by a mouse click on a 2D plot.

Function handle

parent

Handle of the parent figure.

plottiptotail (polar plot only)

Enable creation of a tip-to-tail curve.

'off' | 'on'

polarmethod (polar plot only)

The polar method of the plot.

'phasevsmag' | 'vector' | 'radar'

position

Location and size of the axes in the figure.

Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height

[left top width height]

title

Handle of the title, which is a text object.

tag

A tag attached to the axes object.

String

type

Type of axes object.

'axes'

units

Units of measurement.

'normalized' | 'pixels'

visible

Visibility of the axes.

'on' | 'off'

xcategories (bar chart plots only)

Labels for the x category axis of a bar plot.

Cell

xcolor

Color of the x axis.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

xdb10reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the x axis dB10 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 10*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

xdb20reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the x axis dB20 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 20*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

xgrid

Status of the x axis grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

xlabel

Handle of the label of the x axis, which is a text object.

xlim

X axis limits.

2-element vector

xaxislocation

X axis location.

'bottom' | 'top'

xminorgrid

Status of the x axis minor grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

xminortick

Number of ticks on the x minor axis.

Integer

xnumericformat

Displays the format of the x axis values.

'auto' | 'fixed' | 'scientific'

xnumericprecision

Number of digits following the decimal point of the x axis values.

Integer

xscale

Scale of the x axis.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

xtick

Number of ticks on the x axis or vector of tick values to display on the x axis. Custom tick values can be set only on the linear axis of 2D plots.

Note: If the axis scale is logarithmic, decibels, or dB10, this property refers to ticks per decade. The accepted values are:

0, 1, 2, 5, 9 or 18 for logarithmic.
0, 1, 2, 4, 10 or 20 for decibels.
0, 1, 2, 4 or 10 for dB10.

Integer | Vector

xticklabel

Labels of the x axis ticks.

Note: The labels are set on the custom ticks that are specified by the xtick property.

Cell of strings

xtickmethod

The method for calculating the number of ticks on the x axis.

'increment' | 'ticks'

xweighting (2D plots only)

Weighting method for the dB10 and dB20 x axis scale.

Note: For more information about the weighting methods refer to the dba, dbb, dbc and dbu commands.

'none' | 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'u'

ycategories (3D bar chart plots only)

Labels for the y category axis of a 3D bar chart plot.

Cell

ycolor

Color of the y axis.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

ydb10reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the y axis dB10 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 10*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

ydb20reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the y axis dB20 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 20*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

ygrid

Status of the y axis grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

ylabel

Handle of the label of y axis, which is a text object.

ylim

Y axis limits.

2-element vector

yaxislocation

Y axis location.

'left' | 'right'

yminorgrid

Status of the y axis minor grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

yminortick

Number of ticks on the y minor axis.

Integer

ynumericformat

Display format of the y axis values.

'auto' | 'fixed' | 'scientific'

ynumericprecision

Number of digits following the decimal point of the y axis values.

Integer

yscale

Scale of the y axis.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

ytick

Number of ticks on the y axis or vector of tick values to display on the y axis. Custom tick values can be set only on the linear axis of 2D plots.

Note: If the axis scale is logarithmic, decibels, or dB10, this property refers to ticks per decade and the accepted values are:

0, 1, 2, 5, 9 or 18 for logarithmic.
0, 1, 2, 4, 10 or 20 for decibels.
0, 1, 2, 4 or 10 for dB10.

Integer | Vector

yticklabel

Labels of the y axis ticks.

Note: The labels are set on the custom ticks that are specified by the ytick property.

Cell of strings

ytickmethod

The method for calculating the number of ticks for the y axis.

'increment' | 'ticks'

yweighting (2D plots only)

Weighting method for the dB10 and dB20 y axis scale.

Note: For more information about the weighting methods refer to the dba, dbb, dbc and dbu commands.

'none' | 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'u'

zcolor

Color of the z axis.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

zerolinecolor

Zero line color.

1*3 matrix of RGB.

zgrid

Status of the z axis grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

zlabel

Handle of the label of z axis, which is a text object.

zlim

Z axis limits.

2-element vector

zminorgrid

Status of the z axis minor grid lines.

'off' | 'on'

zminortick

Number of ticks on the z minor axis.

Integer

znumericformat

Display format of the z axis values.

'auto' | 'fixed' | 'scientific'

znumericprecision

Number of digits following the decimal point of the z axis values.

Integer

zscale

Scale of the z axis.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

ztick

Number of tics on the z axis.

Note: If the axis scale is logarithmic, decibels, or dB10, this property refers to tics per decade and the accepted values are:

0, 1, 2, 5, 9 or 18 for logarithmic.
0, 1, 2, 4, 10 or 20 for decibels.
0, 1, 2, 4 or 10 for dB10.

Integer

ztickmethod

The method for calculating the number of ticks for the z axis.

'increment' | 'ticks'

Y-axis Properties

Property Name

Description/Values

children

A vector of handles, which are the children of the axis.

fontangle

Font angle of the axis.

'regular' | 'italic'

fontname

Font name of the axis.

Any available font from system.

fontsize

Font size of the axis.

Integer

fontweight

Font weight of the axis.

'normal' | 'bold'

handle

Axis object handle.

Double

parent

Parent axis object handle.

tag

A tag attached to the axis object.

String

type

Type of the axis object.

'axes'

units

Units of measurement.

'normalized' | 'pixels'

visible

Visibility of the axis.

'on' | 'off'

ycolor

Axis color.

1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname

ydb10reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the y axis dB10 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 10*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

ydb20reference (2D plots only)

Reference value for the y axis dB20 scale. Data values are scaled using the formula: value = 20*log10(original_value/reference)

Scalar

ylabel

Handle of the axis label, which is a text object.

yscale

Axis scale.

'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'

ytick

Number of ticks on the y axis or vector of tick values to display on the y axis. Custom tick values can be set only on the linear axis of 2D plots.

Note: If the axis scale is logarithmic, decibels, or dB10, this property refers to ticks per decade and the accepted values are:

0, 1, 2, 5, 9 or 18 for logarithmic.
0, 1, 2, 4, 10 or 20 for decibels.
0, 1, 2, 4 or 10 for dB10.

Integer | Vector

yticklabel

Labels of the y axis ticks.

Note: The labels are set on the custom ticks that are specified by the ytick property.

Cell of strings

ytickmethod

The method for calculating the number of ticks for the y axis.

'increment' | 'ticks'

yweighting (2D plots only)

Weighting method for the dB10 and dB20 y axis scale.

Note: For more information about the weighting methods refer to the dba, dbb, dbc and dbu commands.

'none' | 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'u'

Line Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: Children of the line object, currently an empty matrix.
color: Line color.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
dataxoffset: Shifts the data along the x axis.; Double
datayoffset: Shifts the data along the y axis.; Double
datazoffset: Shifts the data along the z axis.; Double
dataxscale: Scales the data in the x axis.; Double
datayscale: Scales the data in the y axis.; Double
datazscale: Scales the data in the z axis.; Double
handle: Handle of the line object.
linestyle: The line style.; '-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | 'none'
linewidth: Width of the line.; Integer
marker: Line marker.; 's' | 'square' | '^' | 'v' | 'x' | 'o' | 'd' | 'diamond' | '+' | '*' | '.' | 'none'
markerevery: Frequency of line markers.; Integer
markerfacecolor: Color of the line marker.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
markersize: Size of the marker.; Integer
parent: Handle of the parent axes.; 0
tag: A tag attached to the line object.; String
tiptotail (polar plot only): Enables participation of the line in the tip-to-tail curve.; 'on' | 'off'
type: The type of line object.; 'line'
units: Units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
visible: Visibility of the line.; 'on' | 'off'
xdata: Data values associated with the x axis.; vector
ydata: Data values associated with the y axis.; vector
zdata: Data values associated with the z axis (3D lines only).; vector

Surface Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: Children of the surface object, currently an empty matrix.
color: Surface color.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
handle: Handle of the surface object.
meshlines: Visibility of the surface mesh lines.; 'on' | 'off'
parent: Handle of the parent axes.; 0
tag: A tag attached to the surface object.; String
type: Surface object type.; 'surface'
units: Units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
visible: Visibility of the surface.; 'on' | 'off'
xdata: Data values associated with the x axis.; vector | matrix
ydata: Data values associated with the y axis.; vector | matrix
zdata: Data values associated with the z axis.; matrix

Text Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
attached: Enables the attachement of the text box to a point. Supported in 2D plots only.; 'on' | 'off'
borderwidth: The width of the text's border line.; Integer
children: Children of the text object, currently an empty matrix.
color: The text color.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
fontangle: The font angle of the text.; 'regular' | 'italic'
fontname: The text's font name.; Any available fonts from the system.
fontsize: The text's font size.; Integer
fontweight: The font weight of the text.; 'normal' | 'bold'
handle: The handle of the text object.; Double
horizontalalignment: The horizontal alignment of the text box relative to the given x,y coordinate. Supported in 2D plots only.; 'center' | 'left' | 'right'
interpreter: The interpreter that will be used to process the text. Supported in 2D plots only.; Note: The 'tex' interpreter supports a subset of the TeX markup language and is currently available in 2D plots for title, axis labels and text objects. Mathematical expressions should be placed inside '$'. Examples may be found in the documation of the text command.; 'none' | 'tex'
offset: The distance between the given x,y coordinate and the text box. Supported in 2D plots only.; Double
parent: The handle of the parent object.; Double
string: The content of the text object.
tag: A tag attached to the text object.; String
type: The text object type.; 'text'
units: The units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
verticalalignment: The vertical alignment of the text box relative to the given x,y coordinate. Supported in 2D plots only.; 'middle' | 'top' | 'bottom'
visible: Visibility of the text object.; 'on' | 'off'

uicontextmenu Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
callback: Callback function of the uicontextmenu object.; Function handle, string or cell reprepresenting the callback.
children: Children of the uicontextmenu object, which are the added uicontextmenuitem objects.; Real vector.
enable: Indicates if uicontextmenu object is enabled, default value being 'on'; 'on' (default) | 'off'
handle: Handle of the uicontextmenu object.
parent: Handle of the parent object.
position: Index the uicontextmenu in the parent.; Positive integer.
separator: Indicates if there needs to be a separator added before the uicontextmenuitem object, if applicable.; 'off' (default) | 'on'
tag: User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.; String
type: The type of the uicontextmenu object.; 'uicontextmenu'
userdata: User-defined matrix data
visible: Specifies if uicontextmenu object is visible; 'on'(default) | 'off'

uicontextmenuitem Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
callback: Callback function of the uicontextmenuitem object.; Function handle, string or cell reprepresenting the callback.
children: Children of the uicontextmenuitem object.; Real vector.
enable: Indicates if uicontextmenuitem is enabled.; 'on' (default) | 'off'
handle: Handle of the uicontextmenuitem object.
parent: Handle of the uicontextmenu/uicontextmenuitem parent object.
position: Index of the uicontextmenuitem object in the parent.; Positive integer.
separator: Indicates if there needs to be a separator added before the uicontextmenuitem object, if applicable.; 'off' (default) | 'on'
tag: User-defined string to tag graphical objects.; String
type: The type of the object.; 'uicontextmenuitem'
userdata: User-defined matrix data
visible: Specifies if uitabgroup is visible; 'on'(default) | 'off'

uicontrol Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
backgroundcolor: Background color of the object.; String or real vector.
callback: Callback function of the user interface control (uicontrol) object.; Function handle or string.
children: The children of the uicontrol object, currently an empty matrix.
fontangle: The font angle of the uicontrol.; 'regular' | 'italic'
fontname: The font name of the uicontrol.; Any available font from the system.
fontsize: The font size of the uicontrol.; Integer
fontweight: The font weight of the uicontrol.; 'normal' | 'bold'
handle: The handle of the uicontrol object.
horizontalalignment: Horizontal alignment of the text in styles edit, text and textedit.; left (default) | right | center | justify
interruptible: Determines if a callback associated with this uicontrol is interruptible by the user or not.; 'off' (default) | 'on'
max: The maximum value for the uicontrol.; Integer
min: The minimal value of the uicontrol.; Integer
orient: Orientation of the uicontrol of a style slider.; 'horizontal' (default) | 'vertical'
parent: The handle of the parent object.; Scalar
position: Location and size of the uicontrol in the figure.; Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.; [left top width height]
string: Label displayed on the uicontrol object.
tag: User-defined string to the uicontrol object.; String
tooltipstring: Tooltip string displayed when mouse moves over the uicontrol object.; String
type: The uicontrol object type, which is read-only .; 'uicontrol'
uicontextmenu: Handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this object, if it is applicable for this style and if it exists.
units: Units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
value: Current value of the uicontrol.; Integer
verticalalignment: Vertical alignment of the text in styles edit, text and textedit.; top | bottom | middle(default)
visible: Specifies if the uicontrol widget is visible.; on (default) | off

uimenu Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: Children of the uimenu object, which are the added uimenuitem objects.; Real vector.
enable: Indicates if uimenu object is enabled, default value being 'on'; 'on' (default) | 'off'
handle: Handle of the uimenu object.
label: Label of the uimenu object.; String.
parent: Handle of the parent object.
position: Index the uimenu in the parent menubar.; Positive integer.
tag: User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.; String
type: The type of the uimenu object.; 'uimenu'
userdata: User-defined matrix data

uimenuitem Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
callback: Callback function of the uimenuitem object.; Function handle, string or cell reprepresenting the callback.
children: Children of the uimenuitem object.; Real vector.
enable: Indicates if uicmenuitem is enabled.; 'on' (default) | 'off'
handle: Handle of the uimenuitem object.; Double
label: Label of the uimenuitem object.; String
parent: Handle of the uimenu/uimenuitem parent object.; Double
position: Index of the uimenuitem object in the parent.; Positive integer.
separator: Indicates if there needs to be a separator added before the uimenuitem object, if applicable.; 'off' (default) | 'on'
tag: User-defined string to tag graphical objects.; String
type: The type of the object.; 'uimenuitem'
userdata: User-defined matrix data
visible: Specifies if uimenuitem is visible; 'on'(default) | 'off'

uipanel Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
aspectratio: Specifies if the aspect ratio of a background image is ignored ('off') or kept ('on').; 'off' (default) | 'on'
backgroundcolor: Background color of the object.; String or real vector.
backgroundimage: Path to a valid image file which is shown in the background of the uipanel object.; String.
children: The children of the uipanel object; defaults to an empty matrix.
fontangle: Specifies the angle of the displayed font.; 'regular' | 'italic'
fontname: Specifies name of the displayed font.; String
fontsize: Specifies the size of the displayed font.; Scalar
fontweight: Specifies the weight of the displayed font.; 'normal' | 'bold'; Scalar
handle: The handle of the uipanel object.
parent: The handle of the parent object.; Scalar
position: Location and size of the object in the figure.; Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.; [left, top, width, height]
string: Label displayed on the uicontrol object.
tag: User-defined string to the uipanel object.; String
type: The object type.; 'uipanel'
units: Specifies units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
userdata: User-defined numerical data.; Any complex, matrix, or scalar values.
visible: Specifies if the object is visible or not.; 'on' | 'off'

uitab Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: Children of the uitab object.; Real vector.
enable: Indicates if uitab is enabled.; 'on' (default) | 'off'
fontangle: Font angle; applies to all uitabs in this group.; 'regular' (default) | 'italic'
fontname: Font name; applies to all uitabs in this group.; Any available font from the system.
fontsize: Font size; applies to all uitabs in this group.; Integer
fontweight: Font weight; applies to all uitabs in this group.; 'normal' (default) | 'bold'
handle: Handle of the uitab object.
parent: Handle of the uitabgroup parent object.
position: Location and size of the uitab object.; The location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.; [left top width height]
tag: User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.; String
tooltipstring: Tooltip string displayed when the mouse moves over the uitab object.; String
title: Title of the uitab object.; String
type: The type of the uitabgroup object.; 'uitab'
uicontextmenu: Handle of the uicontextmenu object associated with this tab, if it exists.
units: Units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
userdata: User-defined matrix data.
visible: Specifies if uitabgroup is visible.; 'on'(default) | 'off'

uitabgroup Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: Children of the uitabgroup object, which are the added uitabs.; Real vector.
enable: Indicates if uitabgroup is enabled; default value is 'on'.; 'on' (default) | 'off'
fontangle: Font angle of the uitabgroup; applies to all uitabs in this group.; 'regular' (default) | 'italic'
fontname: Font name of the uitabgroup; applies to all uitabs in this group.; Any available font from the system.
fontsize: Font size of the uitabgroup; applies to all uitabs in this group.; Integer
fontweight: Font weight of the uitabgroup; applies to all uitabs in this group.; 'normal' (default) | 'bold'
handle: Handle of the uitabgroup object.
parent: Handle of the parent object.
position: Location and size of the uitabgroup in the parent.; The location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.; [left top width height]
selectedtab: Handle of the uitab child object that needs to be selected.; Scalar
tag: User-defined string to tag graphical control objects.; String
tooltipstring: Tooltip string displayed when the mouse moves over the uitabgroup object.; String
type: The type of the uitabgroup object.; 'uitabgroup'
units: Units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
userdata: User-defined matrix data.
visible: Specifies if uitabgroup is visible.; 'on'(default) | 'off'

uitable Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
backgroundcolor: Background color of the object.; String or real vector.
celleditcallback: Callback function when the value of a cell is changed in uitable.; Function handle or string.
children: The children of the uipanel object; defaults to an empty matrix.
columneditable: true or false, indicating which column(s) are editable.
columnformat: A cell with values of 'char', 'numeric' or [] indicating the format for the specific column for aligning the text.
columnname: Column names.; 'numbered'(default) | cell of label(s).
columnwidth: Width of the table column(s) or 'auto', which is the default.
data: Table contents.
enable: Indicates if the table is enabled; default value is 'on'.
fontangle: Specifies the angle of the displayed font.; 'regular' | 'italic'
fontname: Specifies the name of the displayed font.; String
fontsize: Specifies the size of the displayed font.; Scalar
fontweight: Specifies the weight of the displayed font.; 'normal' | 'bold'; Scalar
handle: The handle of the uitable object.
parent: The handle of the parent object.; Scalar
position: Location and size of the object in the figure.; Location is specified by the upper-left point; size is specified by the width and height.; [left, top, width, height]
rowheight: Height of the table row(s) or 'auto', which is the default.
rowname: Row label(s).; 'numbered'(default) | cell of label(s).
tag: User-defined string to the uipanel object.; String
tooltipstring: Tooltip string displayed when the mouse moves over the uitable object.; String
type: The object type.; 'uitable'
units: Specifies units of measurement.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
userdata: User-defined numerical data.; Any complex, matrix, or scalar values.
visible: Specifies if the object is visible or not.; 'on' | 'off'

Hggroup Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
areagroup (area plot only): A vector of handles, which point to area groups.
autoscale (quiver plot only): Enables the scaling of the quiver plot vectors.; 'on' | 'off'
autoscalefactor (quiver plot only): The scaling factor of the quiver plot vectors. Default value is 0.9.; Double
basevalue (area plot only): Base value of the shading.; Double
bargroup (bar chart plot only): A vector of handles, which point to bar groups.
barlayout (bar chart plot only): The bar layout style.; 'grouped' | 'stacked'
barstyle (bar chart plot only): The bar style.; Integer in the range [0,4]
barwidth (bar chart plot only): The width of the bars.; Integer
children: The children of the hggroup object.
color (quiver plot only): Color of the quiver plot vectors.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
dataxoffset: Shifts the data along the x axis.; Double
datayoffset: Shifts the data along the y axis.; Double
datazoffset: Shifts the data along the z axis.; Double
dataxscale: Scales the data in the x axis.; Double
datayscale: Scales the data in the y axis.; Double
datazscale: Scales the data in the z axis.; Double
facecolor: The object color.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
handle: The handle of the hggroup object.
imgrid (imagesc plot only): Visibility of the image grid.; 'off' | 'on'
linestyle (quiver plot only): The vector line style.; '-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | 'none'
linewidth (quiver plot only): The vector line width.; Integer
marker (scatter and quiver plot only): marker style; 's' | 'square' | '^' | 'v' | 'x' | 'o' | 'd' | 'diamond' | '+' | '*' | '.' | 'none'
markerfacecolor (scatter and quiver plot only): The marker color.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
markersize (scatter and quiver plot only): Size of the marker.; Integer
maxheadsize (quiver plot only): The scaling factor of the quiver plot arrow head. Default value is 0.3.; Double
parent: The handle of the parent axes.; 0
showarrowhead (quiver plot only): Sets the arrow head visible.; 'on' | 'off'
tag: A tag attached to the hggroup object.; String
type: The type of the hggroup object.; 'hggroup'
udata (quiver plot only): Data values of the vector u component.; vector | matrix
units: The units of measurement, currently not used.; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
vdata (quiver plot only): Data values of the vector v component.; vector | matrix
visible: Visibility of the hggroup object.; 'on' | 'off'
xdata: Data values associated with the x axis.; vector | matrix
ydata: Data values associated with the y axis.; vector | matrix
zdata: Data values associated with the z axis (3D bar or scatter only).; vector | matrix

Image Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: The children of the image object, currently an empty matrix.
filepath: The filepath.
handle: The handle of the image object.
parent: The handle of the parent object.; 0
position: The location and size of the image in the figure. The location is specified by the upper-left point, and the size is specified by the width and height.; [left top width height]
tag: A tag attached to the image object.; String
type: The image object type.; 'image'
units: Units of measurement (not yet used).; 'pixels' | 'normalized'

Shape Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: Children of the shape object; an empty matrix for now.
curvature: Curvature for the horizontal and vertical edge.; [h-curvature v-curvature]
edgecolor: Color of the shape's border.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
facecolor: Color to fill the shape.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
handle: Handle of the shape object.; Double
linestyle: Edge style.; '-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | 'none'
linewidth: Edge width.; Integer
parent: handle of the parent object, which is a handle of the figure.; Integer
position: Location and size of the shape in the figure. Location is specified by the upper-left point, size is specified by the width and height.; [left top width height]
tag: A tag attached to the shape.; String
type: Shape object type.; 'hggroug'
units: Units of measurement, (currently not used).; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
visible: Shape visibility.; 'on' | 'off'

Colorbar Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
children: Children of the colobar object; an empty matrix for now.
clim: Range of the colorbar.; 2-element vector
colorbarscale: Scale of the colorbar values.; 'linear' | 'log' | 'db10' | 'db20'
colorlevels: The colorbar values.; Note: The set command for this property accepts either an integer or a real vector. Use a real vector to set custom values to the colorbar. Use an integer to define the number of colors in the colorbar. In this case, the range and values of the colorbar are automatically calculated.; Integer or real vector.
colormap: The color map of the plot.; matrix
fontname: The font name of the colorbar tick labels.; Any available font from the system.
fontsize: The font size of the colorbar tick labels.; Integer
handle: Handle of the colorbar object.; Double
location: Location of the colorbar.; 'northeast' | 'northwest' | 'southeast' | 'southwest'
numericformat: The format of the colorbar tick labels.; 'scientific' | 'fixed'
numericprecision: The precision of the colorbar tick labels.; Integer
parent: Handle of the parent axes object.; Double
tag: A tag attached to the colorbar object.; String
type: Object type.; 'colorbar'
units: Units of measurement (currently not used).; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
visible: Colorbar visibility.; 'on' | 'off'

Legend Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
bordercolor: Legend border color.; 1*3 matrix of RGB | colorname
borderwidth: Legend border width.; Integer
children: Children of the legend object; an empty matrix for now.
fontangle (2D plots only): The font angle of the legend tick labels.; 'regular' | 'italic'
fontname: The font name of the legend tick labels.; Any available font in the system.
fontsize: The font size of the legend tick labels.; Integer
fontweight (2D plots only): The font weight of the legend tick labels.; 'normal' | 'bold'
handle: Handle of the legend object.; Double
location: Location of the legend. Refer to the legend documentation page for valid options.; String | 2-element vector
parent: Handle of the parent axes object.; Double
tag: A tag attached to the legend object.; String
type: Object type.; 'legend'
units: Units of measurement (currently not used).; 'pixels' | 'normalized'
visible: Legend visibility.; 'on' | 'off'

Waitbar Properties

Property Name: Description/Values
handle: Handle of the waitbar.
height: Height of the waitbar in pixels.
message: Message displayed in the waitbar.
title: Title of the waitbar.
Value: Fractional value of the progress of the waitbar.
visible: 1 if waitbar is visible and 0 if waitbar is hidden.
width: Width of the waitbar in pixels.